whole blood, serum, white cells, red blood cells, urine, breast milk, meconium

Exposure to Environmental Pollution

Rambam Medical Center

Lis Medical Center

Assaf Harofeh Medical Center

Impact of Exposure to Environmental Pollutants on Birth Outcomes in an Israeli Cohort

assessment of BFRs and phthalates body burdens through measurement of these chemicals in maternal and paternal serum and urine, cord blood, breastmilk and neonatal meconium among several representative sub-populations

To examine associations between exposure to PBDEs and phthalates and (a) pregnancy complications, (b) anthropometrics at birth (i.e. birth weight adjusted for gestational age, ponderal index, head circumference adjusted for gestational age), and (c) cryptorchidism incidence, (d) maternal and infant thyroid function

To establish a bio repository of these media for future studies and to establish follow up methods for this cohort to later assess development and growth in the infants, toddlers and children

styrene/nausea

Impact of Exposure to Environmental Pollutants on Birth Outcomes in an Israeli Cohort

An bunachar luibheanna míochaine is iomláine le tacaíocht ón eolaíocht